Chapter 506: The Princess and the Shadow 16
"If you want to talk about us adults, it's really infatuated and pitiful, and we haven't married in our thirties."
An An followed his words and asked, "It has something to do with the aunt I met in the dyeing workshop?" ”
"Yes! Don't look at the way we adults usually dress carefully, let me tell you, Lord William, he is from the Earl's Court.
The girl in the dyeing workshop is called Anna, her father was also a big official, the two families are world friends, they grew up together, and they have a good impression of each other when they become adults.
Before the two of them took the initiative to break through this layer of window paper, Anna's father was suddenly demoted, and the family had to hurry to the degraded place.
Anna wrote many letters to Lord William, but never received a reply, and so on year after year, until she was twenty-five years old, she got the news that William had already married and had children, she was disheartened, and her parents were seriously ill and about to die, in order to make the second elder feel at ease, she chose someone to marry.
Little did Anna know at the time, however, that her parents had designed all of this. Her parents fabricated and spread this lie in order to stop her from being so depressed. Unexpectedly, the man she married was a scumbag.
After marriage, Anna was often beaten with a blue nose and swollen face, and once she was beaten hard, she took a knife to fight with the man, she didn't really want to kill, but she lost her hand in the dispute. ”
An An was so angry that she puffed up her little face: "It's really not worth ruining your life for such a man!" ”
Yacha sighed: "Who says it's not?
The government convicted Anna of manslaughter and sentenced her to 15 years. But her husband's family was not satisfied, thinking that the sentence was too light, and found a relationship to transfer the case to the capital city of Lausanne.
It turned out that William did not receive any of the letters written by Anna, and after Anna left the capital, William was arranged by his family to go to the castle as a personal guard, and he could not easily leave Lausanne. And all those letters were intercepted by William's mother. and told William that Anna was already married and had children. ”
Two people who love each other deeply, because of the separation of the world and many misunderstandings, they are missed.
An An clenched his little fists angrily: "Uncle's mother is too bad, why did she do this?" ”
Jingqi: "Obviously! Anna's family was demoted, and the two families were not the right match, and William's family naturally didn't want Anna to enter the door. ”
Yacha nodded: "Yes, but they didn't expect Anna to return to the capital for trial, and the husband's family made a lot of trouble and stabbed the matter directly in front of the empress." William naturally knew.
He visits Anna, and the two clear up all misunderstandings. ”
Yacha sighed and shook his head: "I heard that Lord William cried when he squatted at the door of the prison that night with his head in his hands. ”
Such a man with five big and three thick can be seen to be broken and desperate to the extreme,
Later, Lord William ran around to ask for a relationship, and even begged the empress. After learning about the cause and effect, the empress personally came forward and sentenced Anna to exile in Maya City for ten years.
Lord William gave up his capital's promising future, broke away from his family's protection, and asked to be transferred to Mayan City to be closer to Anna.
Many people felt unworthy for him, his abilities were outstanding, and he was appreciated by the empress, but he gave up his great future for the sake of a female prisoner,"
Although they don't know much about love at this stage, the two little ones are still touched by the love of William and Anna.
Jing Qi said disapprerovantly: "My father-in-law said that capable people will shine wherever they are, isn't it ten years, since he can be used by the empress, it is only a matter of time before the future is bright." ”
Jing Qi spoke Chinese, and the officials naturally couldn't understand it.
An An stumbled and translated it to a few people, but the yacha who spoke just now shook his head in disagreement:
"How can it be as easy as you say, without family promotion, adults will have to struggle for at least twenty more years."
An An doesn't care, in her cognition, as long as she works hard, she will definitely get rewarded, and Uncle William and Anna will definitely get better and better.
In response to this stubble, the two children have a lot of respect for William, no matter what the world says, in the children's hearts, Uncle William's behavior is like a big hero in the villain's book.
However, as soon as An An returned to William's house, she began to reverse her business plans. Pull Jingqi together and start beating several kinds of connections that she will have.
However, Jingqi was too handicapped, and always accidentally tore off the roots of the silk thread. The maids in the house looked funny and smiled and asked to help.
After two days of tossing and turning, all the silk threads were used up, and finally one hundred and eight strings were braided.
An An rubbed her numb wrist and looked at the red veins on the table, full of a sense of accomplishment.
Jing Qi brought a bottle of medicinal wine: "Stretch out your hand and help you rub it, otherwise you will have to cry when you sleep at night." ”
An An cautiously stretched out his hand: "Then you tap it...... Hiss, pain, pain, pain, ......"
Jing Qi was unmoved, her palm clutched An An's moving arm like an iron tong.
"Long pain is better than short pain, if you don't rub the blood out, you will be sore for days."
An An's tears of pain were in her eyes: "Woo...... I'd rather have a long pain! ”
……
Although Jing Qi was glared at by An An for a while afterwards, the so-called long pain is better than short pain still makes sense, and after sleeping and getting up, her arm basically didn't hurt on the second day.
An An rested his chin on the table, blinked a pair of big eyes, stared at this pile of red strings, and asked Jing Qi opposite:
"How do you think we're going to sell it?"
Jing Qi thought for a while: "I have inquired, these silk threads are sold by catties, and this kind of dyed color is generally thirty copper coins a catty." ”
The two of them have no concept of money, Su Wangfu lacks nothing, and sometimes they never know the counteroffer when they buy things on the street.
An An automatically understands that thirty copper coins are equivalent to thirty Wen in Great Xia. "It's so cheap! So how much do we have to sell it for? ”
Jing Qi took out the attitude of doing arithmetic and sketched on the paper: "We have to calculate the cost of the goods first." ”
An An immediately trotted out to find the maid to borrow a scale, and packed the yarn and weighed it, which weighed about two catties.
Jing Qi quickly calculated on paper: the cost price of a brand is about half a copper coin. The two called it cheap.
An An tried to think back to how those aunts and uncles sold things on the street?
Well, it seems that the buyer will bargain, and then the seller will sincerely say that it is already the cost price, and it can't be repaid, and it will be a loss if it is repaid......
An An frowned in distress, thinking about it like this, it seems that selling things doesn't make money! Lose money every day!
"It's too troublesome to bargain, or we will set the price directly, love to buy or not! It seems that no one has ever bargained for the beautiful pavilion opened by my mother, and there are still guests every day! ”
The beautiful pavilion is aimed at high-consumption people, these people love face, and naturally they will not bargain.
"How much can you set? If it weren't for a string of copper coins, the profit would barely double! ”
Thinking about it this way, that is, they can earn an extra fifty-two copper coins, although it doesn't seem to be much, but it also makes money!
Jing Qi felt that a copper coin was too low: "This is what you worked hard to make up, and the hard work fee is not counted?" ”
An Andong felt distressed: "How much is it appropriate!" ”
Jing Qi didn't understand: "Anyway, you can't just sell a copper coin, or ...... Sell two copper coins! ”
This way the profit is quadrupled!
An An was speechless: "Are we too dark-hearted, this ...... Does anyone buy it? ”
Jing Qi gritted her teeth: "Didn't you say that there is no treachery and no business?" Sell it first, right? If we can't sell it, we'll lower the price. ”
……
The next day, Jingqi inquired about the bazaar, found a good location, took a piece of cloth and set up a stall on the ground, and there was a piece of paper standing on the side, on which the price of the goods was written in Dayue language.
An An listened to the shouts on the street, and his face was eager to try: "Shall we also sell it!" ”
Jing Qi was a little unable to wipe her face: "... Forget it! I can't shout. ”
An An has been familiar with herself since she was a child, and there is no concept of embarrassment at all, she immediately shouted at the top of her voice:
"The most up-to-date network, only two copper coins ......"
After these days of study, An An Dayue's language is getting smoother and smoother day by day.
At this end, many people around looked at it curiously, and they couldn't help but be even more surprised to see that the stall was set up by two oriental children.
An An shouted at a girl with blonde hair passing by: "Beautiful sister, buy a string of strings, it's very beautiful to hang on jewelry!" ”
The girl stopped curiously, picked up a concentric knot and looked at it carefully, looked at it suspiciously for a long time, and couldn't help but light up:
"It's pretty good, but what is it for?"
As soon as An An saw the play, he immediately enthusiastically promoted: "Sister, you can hang it on your jewelry backpack and ...... clothes."
The girl hesitated and asked, "How much is it?" ”
"It's cheap, just two copper coins."
The girl was obviously stunned, and then simply took out two copper coins from her pocket.
An An held these two copper coins, the first money she earned with her hard work, she felt happier than eating honey, she circled around Jing Qi happily: "Jing Qi, we have made money!" ”
At this time, a few more women passed by in front of the stall, and An An hurriedly greeted with a sweet smile: "Auntie, buy a string of ......."
The conditions of these people are obviously not very good, but in the end, they gritted their teeth and bought one by themselves.
An An Mei Zizi collected the money, and felt that it was not difficult to do business!
Jing Qi was observing the various people walking back and forth around, but unfortunately he didn't have An An's language talent, so he could barely understand what these people were saying.
I thought to myself, if I want to understand the doorways on the streets of Maya City as soon as possible, what kind of person is the most suitable person to ask for news? Therefore, he didn't pay much attention to the fact that a thin figure ran away in the shadows.
After a while, a cleanly dressed seven or eight-year-old boy walked over embarrassedly: "Little sister, you are ...... How to sell? ”
"Two copper coins in a string, little brother buy a string?"
The boy bowed his head shyly: "I...... I want to buy it back and give it to my sisters at home, as well as aunts and aunts in other places, I don't know if they like it or not? ”
An An was even happier when she heard this, this is big business!
She nodded vigorously: "Of course you can!" How much do you want to buy? ”
The little boy lowered his head and counted his fingers for a long time, but he didn't come up with a specific number, he grabbed his hair nervously.
Jing Qi couldn't stand it anymore, "Just say how many people you want to give!" ”
The little boy scratched his head: "There are too many relatives, I can't count them!" My dad said he was going to take us back to our ancestral home. ”
Jing Qi nodded understandingly, after all, in the world he had seen, in some big families, it was common for two or three hundred people to be at every turn. "Then you can buy more."
The little boy took out a heavy money bag, and the copper coins rattled non-stop: "Then I'll buy a hundred strings!" ”
An An and the two were stunned, shocked by the little boy's generosity, but the little boy in front of him was neatly dressed, and he didn't look like a bad person, and he was holding real copper coins. An An attributed this to her good luck.
The two parties pay the money with one hand and deliver the goods with the other,
As a result, there were only five strings left on the ground, and An An directly waved his hand and gave them all to the little boy.
An An carried a heavy pocket: Mei Zizi said: "Jingqi, do you say that I am not a legendary business wizard, possessed by a koi!" ”
Jing Qi took the cloth and wrapped the pocket of copper coins in her hand, although she also had a sense of accomplishment, what she said was: "I don't like to hold a heavy hand!" ”
After speaking, he was stunned, and always felt that something was wrong? Before he could figure it out. was dragged forward by An An:
"Isn't that Uncle William? Let's go, let's go and return the money from the housekeeper's aunt, and take some silk threads to continue weaving! ”
She clenched her little fists and felt like she was full of power. What is a sore wrist?
Squinting her beautiful eyes and began to fantasize, a few years later, the successful richest woman stood in front of the stage, bathed in all kinds of adoring eyes from the audience, and said in a calm tone: "The first pot of gold I earned started from selling the ......"
But what the little guy didn't know was that the little boy who had bought all their goods turned around the corner with his baggage, and the timid look on his face disappeared, and he grinned triumphantly, and his eyes were full of cleverness.
Half an hour later, near the intersection of the rich area, a small stall was erected, on which were hung in a patchwork with strings of red strings, and the little boy stood in front of the stall, and had already changed his face, and greeted the young lady who passed by warmly:
"The most fashionable accessories in Lausanne City, each person is limited to two strings, as long as ten cents."
……
William was just passing by and didn't plan to leave the city, but after An An moved out of Anna, he compromised by self-persuasion.
As she passed by William's house, An An thought of the poor old man and went back to get some bread to eat.
When she arrived at the rows of warehouses where the female prisoners were serving their sentences, An An counted out sixty copper coins, "This is the silk thread money returned to the aunt in charge." ”
William raised his eyebrows in surprise, they all lived in the same house, and he also knew about the two children tossing and selling things, he smiled and teased: "Yo! It's so generous, it's making money! ”
An An nodded heavily, "Yes, what about earning more than two hundred copper coins?" ”
After speaking, he raised the cloth bag containing the money and shook it. There was a crisp sound between the collisions,
William gave the two children a fierce compliment to his face, and generously accepted the copper coin.
An An also handed the remaining copper coins to William: "Uncle, we still want to buy silk thread, so we will buy it with the rest of the money." ”
William was amused by her serious appearance: "We are friends, uncle can give you credit first, and then pay it back when you make money." ”
"No, my brother will settle the account."
After speaking, she crossed her fingers and counted, they had earned a total of two hundred and six copper coins this time, minus the sixty copper coins for the housekeeper's aunt, and there were one hundred and forty-six left.
A bundle of silk thread is thirty copper coins, so how many bundles can they buy at the moment?